Tobacco-cutter.



No. 881,357., I V I PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

-- A, W. TEASLBY &M. VAN.

TOBACCO CUTTER.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 190 7.

UNITED STATES PATENT onnron ARTHUR WESLEY TE'ASLEY AND MILLARD VAN, OFOZONE, TENNESSEE,

TOBACCO-CUTTER To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR WESLEY TEASLEY and MILLARD VAN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Ozone, in the county of Cumberland andState of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements inTobacco-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cutting device intended for use in cuttingplug tobacco.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify theconstruction and operation of devices of this character so as to becomparatively inexpensive and easy to construct, composed of few parts,and efficient and reliable in use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a tobacco cuttingdevice which is equipped with a treadle-actuated means for operating theknife or cutter, said means.

including an adjusting device, whereby the apparatus can be adapted tocounters of different heights.

With these objects in view and others as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts as will be more fully describedhereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims ap endedhereto.

n the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments ofthe invention, the figure is a perspective view of the rear of a counterwith the cutting device applied thereto.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a store counter on which theapparatus is mounted. The apparatus comprises a baseplate 2 that is setinto the counter top and secured thereto by screws 3, and rigidlysecured to the plate is an inverted U-shaped frame 4 having longitudinalslots 5 in the vertical portions thereof for receiving the blade orcutter 6. This blade is adapted to have a combined vertical andhorizontal movement so as to sever the plug of tobacco designated by 7with a sliding out. One end of the blade is connected by the link 8 withan operating lever 9 fulcrumed at its front end on the rear corner ofthe frame 4, and

- the forward portion ofthe blade is suspended from the frame 4 by alink 10 that is inclined rearwardly of a plane passing through its topend so as to assist in imparting to the knife a Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed March 12, 1907.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Serial No. 362,067.

sliding or drawing movement. The outer end of the lever 9 is connectedby a pitman 1 1 with a foot lever or treadle 12 that is fulcrumed on apost 13 mounted on the floor. The pitman 10 includes a turnbuckle 14,whereby the distance between the foot lever and knife lever 9 can bevaried to adapt the apparatus to counters of different heights. Thefront end of the treadle 12 projects beyond the floor post 13 and has anadjustable counterbalance Weight 15 that serves to restore the treadleand, through the intervening mechanism, the knife to their normalposition. In other words, the weight serves to hold the knife or bladein raised position so that a plug of tobacco can be inserted thereunderand severed merely by depressing the foot lever 12.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method ofoperation will be readily apparent, and while we have described theprinciple of operation of the invention, together with the device whichwe now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, we desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that suchchanges may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is 1. A tobaccocutter comprising a base plate, an inverted U-shaped frame thereon, ablade guided on the vertical portions of the frame, a link hingedlyconnected at one end to the blade at a point intermediate its ends andat the opposite end to the frame adjacent one corner thereof, a leverfulcrumed at one end on the frame at the other corner thereof andextending outwardly from the frame, and an inclined link connected atone end with the lever at a point intermediate the ends of the lever,and at the opposite end with the extremity of the blade and the leveracting directly through the second link for depressing and raising theblade and the first link serving to impart a drawing movement to theblade.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a plate, aninverted U-shaped frame rigid thereon, a blade guided on the frame, aninclined link pivoted on the frame and connected with the blade tosuspend the latter, a lever fulcrumed at one end on the frame, a, linkinclined toward the In testimony whereof, we affix our signaothler andconrllected at one end of the blade tures in presence of two Witnesses.

an with the ever at a oint intermediate T 7' its ends, a treadle, meansfor supporting the TEASLEK" same, and a pitrnan between the treadle andouter end of the lever, said pitmen including WVitnesses:

adjustable sections for lengthening or short- E. M. DECK,

ening' the same. AMANDA FRISBEY.

